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Monday, March 17, 2008

Do you remember , when we were in KG classes all students have one common favorite teacher who is most affectionate and little soft hearted towards all kids . I remember , my favorite teacher in kinder garden used to protect me from a naughty boy in a class who was sitting next to me. He used to tease me by telling me that he would eat my lunch box :( . I used to complain about him to teacher and that loving lady was keeping me by her side for the rest of all time in class. I was feeling so protected and pampered by having my favorite teacher around me . Its all about her loving me which made me feel like her even more . Many times I presented her my most favorite chocolate coz I was thinking that's the only thing people on this earth loves the most :O . And she lovingly accepted it all the time , even without giving me the slightest idea that the chocolate is the not something everyone likes the most :p.

Well, not always we are lucky enough to have such nice people around us, but if they are somewhere around , I feel myself lucky and protected too. Asha, is one such lady :k. I can see , everyone loves her the same way and I am not an exception to that. Above that she is a great fan of Eggplant/brinjal and that inspired me to give her something special for with this VoW -Brinjal round up :). I would love to dedicate this round up to her and this little gift is for you lovely Asha.

With this round up of the VoW -Brinjal I would also like to announce some new features which will be a part of all the events from now on .They are Awards - just a token of your achievement , creativity and presentation. All you have to do is to leave vote for your favorite entry from the round up,specifying for which category you are voting.Comment section will be moderated till the last date of voting . Voting will start from the date of round up to one week after that .(i.e. For this week it will start from today that is 17th march to march 24 . ) Results will be declared in the next week . ) And the winners will be presented a nice logo as a symbol of their creativity in cooking.The award will be presented in 3 categories, one for each.

The most Creative recipe

The most Authentic recipe / Traditional recipe

The best presented recipe( by picture shown here).

You can Start voting for it from now ,Please mention for which category you are voting. Those comments will not be displayed for now till 24th . To display or hide your identity while voting is your choice.Now , without taking much of your time , the round up is here for you all...

Next Vegetable of the week is Bitter gourd, last date for which is 15th April 2008. I will post the logofor VoW- Bitter gourd and badges for the winner for " VoW - Brinjal " in a day or two.

Keep on voting ends on 24th march 2008 . Vote for your favorite entry without missing category for which you are voting. Have happy week ahead, will get back to you soon. Till then have a happy time, enjoy the round up , and Bitter gourd lovers be ready to cook something nice again :) .

Update:Kajal who is famous for her recipes with step by step pics , sent me this pictures few days back , with the idea that I would like to see this and told me that with her busy schedule she cant make it to participate in this month but she remembered to click this wonderful pic for all of us , when she visited a Farm last week and saw this. That's so lovely of you Kajal :) . Thanks a lot for sharing it. (Click on the Image for large view. )

hey hi dear!!karela!! we don't get karelas in Moscow:((...so I am out.well regarding my votes for the starters and soup category the best presented recipe goes to Gattina for her chickpeas in eggplant purse,in the one dish meal category the most creative recipe is Eggplant pizza by you,in the side dish category the most traditional one according to me is Babaghanoush by DK...these 3 are my favourites:)

Pooja, I really enjoy reading this round-up! Never imagine eggplant able to prepare in so many different ways! All the entries are absolutely fabulous, can't wait to try some (yes, your eggplant pizza already in!) recipes. I surely will keep coming back for this post as everyone's dish look so wonderful; it is very difficult to cast a vote :)ps... btw, bitter gourd is one of my favorite veg. Really hope the asian stores in my area sell it, I will check it out.

oh wow... thats a nice tribute to ashakka pooja:) and wonderful round up too... its kind of difficult to choose just 3 from this lovely array of brinjals. so i'll come back later n see if i can make up my mind;)

Everything looks so delicious that voting is quite difficult! 1. Most creative: I think I have to cast that vote for your eggplant soup, Pooja. I had never thought of making a soup with eggplant.2. Traditional recipe: Suma's delicious vankaya-tomato pachadi is something I would love to try soon. 3. Best presented: Zlamushka's sichuan eggplant made me drool with that gorgeous picture.

Hugs to you my lil sister!! I am really honored and appreciated by the lovely award, thank you so much. A pleasant surprise just before I leave, makes me happy! Hugs to you and see in May!:)I will vote in separate comment, you can publish this as my thanks to you. I will miss you, take care and good luck with with whatever you do!:)

EC, Ranji, Dhivya ,Thanks buddy :).Feels good to hear that from you all. Cast your vote for those 3 categories, I am looking fwd to that. Do it soon. :D.

Kajal,So nice to read your comment after a long time. I just forgot to show that farm fresh eggplant pic you sent me, will update it here soon. And hey vote for some nice entries around here. We would love to hear your views for them.

Gattina,I am glad that you liked it. Still I would have loved to know whom you are voting for those 3 categories, coz that must be interesting to know by YOU :) . I really hope that you will get bitter gourd there, coz i just don't want to miss those lovely pics of your recipe :D.

Purnima,Thank you dear. Why didnt you voted.

Sia,What ever you do for Asha , It's small considering how nice she is, Isn't it, true ? And hey , you better make up your mind for voting or I will give you a hard punch , Will send no more hugs to you then :)).

Asha,No the turn is mine.I am honored to have you around, I thought of dedicating this to you already 2 week ago, as I was seeing you leaving comment to every participants that you are eagerly waiting for round up , and I know a huge brinjal fan you are . So to make your most awaited round up just a click away from you , I though to present it to you . Will send you this award and the code for that , Hope that will be easy for you to come and check out this round up anytime by a single click :) . Have a lovely vacation and when you are on vacation don't miss any of us. Just enjoy the beach time, and I am sure you will catch some beautiful colored pic for all of us from there :) . Hugs to you .

Nicely done, Pooja! Just in time too. I have not cooked with brinjalS in a very long time 'cos this is one veggie that I don't like, but I bought a few of these recently. I am going to come here for some ideas.:-)

Hey pooja, great round up.I appreciate the effort youve taken to categorize the entries.Otherwise the whole set of recipes becomes difficult to sort through. I really appreciate Ashas encouragement - makes the effort seem worthwhile. So kudos for dedicating this event to her. I will leave my vote in a separate comment.

Wonderful round up - Asha is great supporter :) She deserves such award Pooja, Voting, will be hard ... I love Brinjal and those lovely entries ... I will make up my mind and vote soon.... Great work and wish more events to participate...

Beautiful and clear round up! and to think u needed Help for that? :)And That was a beautiful ode to the queen. Its really so hard to find a special place in everyone's heart, but Asha has done it with full force :) Wonderful of you to acknowledge the same and oh well..it is a difficult task that U put to all of us! I luvd almost all of them! Oh well need to think!

Bitterguard! OHHHHH :( I never buy them :( well now guess I have to..lemme see!

Wow.. Lovely round up Pooja.. with a surprise present to Asha. Who is always a sweet heart..Hmm.. really amazing to see ur award dear !! But difficult to choose only 3.. hmm.. :D !! will come back to vote..

TBC, I am glad that this is being helpful to you . Thanks for trying methi Baingan and letting me know that . For me methi baingan is like a pot of gold :) . I love it sooooo much :D .

MS, Jayashree,I am glad that you liked my idea to round up category wise, hope that will helpful to others too . Yeah , all efforts seems worth when someone appreciates it.Asha is such a nurturing lady , she encourages all the same way with great effort. thansk for your vote too :)

Cham & Archy,hmmm, will wait for you to come back and drop your vote ... otherwise the same warning is for you which i left for Sia :)).

Kalai,You are so sweet to say that dear :) . thanks for your vote.

Swati ,that's why this event is for. I see it as virtual get together of all dishes from lovley bloggers around :) . Do cast your vote too...

Sra,Np buddy , be a part when you can .:) . Still you can vote here , hope you will do it soon.

Vanmala,Sure , will look fwd to your participation with Bitter gourd.

DK,Thank you :) . Come back soon to drop your vote , no matter how lovely you find each entry , you can still find "loviest" among all :D , can't you ?

Uma,Meera , dhivya, Laavanya,Siri, Richa, Prema, Anusriram, Sowmya, Anuzi, Nanditha,Thanks for your appreciations buddies. Why don't you vote for deserving entry . That will be a good help to decide winners.

Once againMythreyee, Saswati, Nupur, Asha, Kajal , Dhivya, Bee , Kalai , JAyasree and Viji thanks for your voting , I was little skeptical about how the things about voting will go , but you really made me feel good with your voting comments :)

Roopa,All you have to do is - leave your vote in a comment here specifying the category for which you you vote for participant. That will be moderated till 24th , will publish all voting comment together on 24th.

Its tough for me to choose particular ,as all dishes are so lovely and the efforts are commendable ..awesome entries for Vow Brinjal ..big round of applause to all of you friends..Pooja thanks for hosting a wonderful event like this ...hugs and smilesjaya

Jayashree, check out the logo in the side bar for "VoW BitterGourd" and clicking on it will show you the rules and participating details . Also in the latest post I have given the link to the same. Hope this will be helpful.